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The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18

among the blavcst
and most expert.
enccd in the Uniol,
! navy. Her COM
lnan,ler was Capt.
+ IA II k lin Bu-
chanan. He had
been thii'ty-hvc
Years in the t'nite,:
States navy.
The Mcrrinuc l.
Shad been on the
I tongue Of lunlor
FOR weeks. Four
ships Of tho Federal
navy lay III lamp
ton roads watching
vnx,n. sfsl -,
The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18

,he so;1;ns. a!es que. Minnesota and Roanoke, ~,
rba ns onnn tr'satcs Cumberland ond c:nn,r,s "'
e lonts' ltea'ance Of tue Merrimac had co.,,. - :
Brpnt >N es oi. as something Of n ict., ,C ".
we s, captain OF the Minnesota wrote ,or,' ~
sad g ,s;.S ssc tired Of waiting for th' "e non
u H. ssa sa!, she would come out" t.: '"e "e'''"'
onten.. 40" presently 10 his heart
bay, betwssn' % reads is an inle. oi Cl,.,.,u..l
The Jamss " Fortress Monroe and Norfo1i
elizabeth on river ~ empties into it, olsn ~
tay Or %" which the navy Yard i;cs < rh \,
or ,o,Ie,"on ,oI,'on gets its name of ..,,s,,.
'''s'ead for ships. on c acco,.. %. toads s.s ;,
The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18
Mexico's Cheap Funerals.

In the City of Mcxic" ,ranways are
utilized often for queer service. TIL" citi
zens hire these traMway cars for picnics
excursions and funerals. \ couple Oi
cars can he had for SIS. an.: tho: convey
the deceased. relatives and friends to the
ccmCtcry-Oft"n some miles oGt Of the
city. Funerals ar" very cheap in tho
Mexican capital, and do not come under
the head 0! Injuries as here.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18

ShH had destroyed
two powerful VS.
>"l:s, carr. iD.s three
time. h"r i:ul.i'rr
"t men, and i'n!i.y
SIX tHai"> her wri.!..
Il armament. ihr
Federal Vessels :t,:
quite 81, ncn that
>.h Of March, ls';::!',
:, ir Crn.'".cIAte,
nn!y ~. Would
the terrible Hitrl'i
mae com" hack
nc>.. lilul'iiug anil
.ln.,,..,> tl,A Nii,,,,..
The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18
MEERlMAC AND MONITOR.
from "1.ossing's Civil War;

The captain va, the pilot Of tho MerIimac
that day of Hampton roads, March ., 1867.
The Mcrrimac was IL fine new steam frigatt
When the United States officer, Commodore
NcCauley, set fire to his own governments $
navy yard at Norfolk and burned the ships,
tho Merrimac was among those fired and leil
toconsume. This was April II, 1861.
But the Mc,'rinac was not entirely de-
stroyed. She was burned to the copper Ers'.
Then she sank. TO raise her again, to fit her
outas war vessel. WIS not a task of very
great difficulty for the Confederate govern
ment llcr exterior pattern was changed
somewhat. Ia allnor plating her, end other.
wise lifting her for naval warfare, tho Con
taierates affixed to her bows Il long, powerful
ron beak In brief. when the refittins was
zone. anG the M"rrimac vas turned out
Of the Norfolk or Portsmouth navy
yard Sue became tho steam ram Viz.
snia, the terror of every United State
ship ailoat Steaming up. head on. she was
aols to send her long, s"ordish baak crashing.
'aroush the sides OF the strongest wool,,,
snip. Thus, attacking vessels ono ut Il in,c,
tho Virginia was prepared t. vanuui,!. the
whole United States navy AMI commercial
marine What is more, she had been fitted,
up IN the Lnitotl States governments owl,
navy yard, Of good iron and s,re! belonging
70 tho nation.
Inc hc" pattern given to hcl. ,!us the ;,le;,
u Lieut.. John n. Brooks, lill,.lfa United
saas naval ofliccr win had taken the Confetl.
,fale side The battcring ram or false howcx-
''aea out ahead Of her s.; feet. She had TIVE.
s'seflul engines below the water line. He,
,'o' ana Sides were covered with oak over two
'sss "lcS: and upon this was plated iron /:
'''nes through. The ram in front was also
'"'lnsoa Of oak and iron. The vessel wa.
','neo with several great guns for those davs,
aa7y'ng shot of from s, to 100 poau,ls. and :,
'@pound shell. '''' y
suS" was The ram Virginia. She is better
"o"'' however. the world over. by hc, for
n. .sr name the Merrimac, and that is th.
1'' winch will be used in this story.
p, '.'S1 "at not least. she was directed bv OK.
"'AN States officers nne,, wno l,,a ,,,,
The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18
NOTICE To SETrI.El'r.

All Pc sons Indebted to S.iway l:r,,.hc,s, Il. Il,
>iSncr> Of kh;a:i,k Eru,hrr>, Ar, rrty notified
that il thcv :.i! To se,,l, hcfo,. the ,sth d.y
"i >cptt mh,r with either X. Holden or the Vi,
ut-,igncl, >l:!, w.,l lc brought asniEs, them
std. SEI.w ~ l,ROS,, Nssippst,
The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18

sofa and Roanoke: Not much sleep for
| officers and men OH those frigat's lying there
! Fast aground that night.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-09-03

THAT CuRsE.-Last week we pub
lished a newspaper clipping Of what
purposed to be the Pope's curse of
McGlynn Since then we have dis
covered, through the research and
knowledge of Mr.. VIM Dorsey, that
the aforesaid curse was taken from
Lawrence Sterne's Life and Opinions
of Tristan Shandy," Vol. /, page
203, published in lS03-and is mere
~ burlesque on accommodation.
No doubt a number Of our readers
took the article last week, as GER
batim copy Of the bull of ex-commu-
nication, issued against DR.. Edward
McGlynn, instead Of which it proves
to be only burlesque from the above
mention works, plagiarised by some
over-enterprising metropolitan re-
porter.
l have been a periodical sufferer from
Hay Fever Ia most annoying and loath-
some affliction), since the summer of
1879, and until l used Ely's Cream
Balm was never able to find any relief
until cold weather, can truthfully say
that Cream Balm cured me. Iregard it
as Of great value and would not be with.
out it during the Hay Fever season.
l.. NJ. GEORGIA,
RinphamtOn N Y
was afflicted with Hay Fever for
seven years-Ely's Cream Balm cured
me entirely.-H. ID. CALLAHAN, l. &
st. l.. II. r., Tere Haute, Ind.
THE last issue of the Baltimore
Business Advocate, contains a very
complimentary notice Of the hand
some Jewelry establishment of our
young townsman Chas. A. Roush,
situated on Lexington street. We
clip the closing Of the article:
"Mr. Roush's location is extreme
ly eligible, being upon one of our
most fashionable thoroughfares, and
his trade, which is exceedingly large,
is constantly increasing, owing to
the superior quality of his goods,
and the low prices charged therefor.
Mr.. Roush is practical man at the
business, and understands its every
detail and we take great pleasure in
commencing him to our readers as
worthy of the most implicit conf
dence. His store has just been re-
papered and painted throughout,
and presents bright and cheerful
appearance.
London & Paris.
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HIT would be quite interesting to
the American workmen,' we doubt
not, to be shown in what way the
system Of high taxation has made
them the objects Of universal envy.
The average earnings, for the year,
for miners is thirty cents per day.
And these are the men who are pro
tected from pauper laborp How
would the protective shriekers like
to be protected with a thirty cents
a day salary?"-Statesman
Here we 90 again. The miners
Captain refers to are Hungarians
and Swedes, who are so used to
working for even lower wages in free
trade countries, that they are per-
fectly satisfied. The price paid is
no fault of the protective tariff, and
well the editor knows. IF so, then
in justice, the great difference in
prices paid to every other class of
laborers in America, in their favor,
is attributable to q protective sys-
TEN. Captain, your argument
knocks your legs right out from un-
der you. You can't name a single
class of laborers in America "a pro-
tective country that are not paid
much more than the same class in
England "a free trade country.) How
would free trade shriekers like to
have free trade, as in India, where
the wages paid laborers in the grain
field, average six and seven cents a
day? Captain Colston will choke
on that miner fib yet. Be at least
fair ; spectacles have two glasses
always.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-09-03

A RETURN OF the hot wave may be
expected at any time. The States
man and INDEPENDENT, of Martins
burg, are engaged in a heated discus
sion of the tariff Wayne Ne,os.
We don't allow ourselves to get
heated, but if the INDEPENDENT and
Statesman had called each other such
pet names as,the Wayne Nel0S and
AdUaace have been taffying each
other with, this town would not have
been big enough to hold them both
Statesman.
What is in a name Cap? We have
always been able to keep up friend
ship, even though between US cheat
ed discussions, have been numer-
Gus. The man who cannot keep
down resentment, because Of a war
of brains, is not fit to grace society.
The town will hold US both, Ell?
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PERSONALS.
London & Paris.

Miss Sophia Colston is visiting in
hambersburg, Pa.
Sheriff Lamon was in Washington
this week.
Miss Jennie Gallon, of Hancock,
the guest of Miss Hattie Blackwell
the past week, has returned home.
Miss Eva Emmert, of Funkstown,
Md, is visiting Miss Nettie Fiery.
Mr.. G. S. Swartz is spending few
days here.
Rev. j. w. Hedges, of Carol
county Nd, has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. E. j. Simpson.
Mrs. Kate Henry, of Washington,
is visiting Mrs. w. Colston.
Miss Lizzie Hoch, of Mercersburg,
Pa, is visiting Mrs. j. H. Bristor.
Miss Kate Duvall, of Stephenson's
Depot, is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Mann.
Miss Maud Diffenderfer, of Win
chester. is the guest of her cousin,
Miss Lizzie Diffenderfer.
Mr.. B. f. Pitzer, of Baltimore, is
spending a short vacation with his
parents.
Mr.. James Shafler, of Baltimore,
is spending few days with relatives.
Mr.. William Edwards and Miss
Bessie, left for Dickinson Seminary,
Williamsport, Pa, this week.
Mrs. Lee Bender has returned
home from Mountain Lake Park.
Miss Amelia Taylor. the guest of
Miss Minnie Bowers, returned home
this week.
Miss Maud Howison and father
spent Monday in Hagerstown.
Ray Howison has returned home
from visit to Romney.
Misses Beulah Fossett and Annie
Cray, of Richmond, are the guests of
Miss Lenora Smurr
Miss Eflie Kantner, after a long
visit to Brucetown Mills, Preston
county, returned home Thursday.
Miss Kate White, of Front Royal,
is visiting in this city.
Mrs. II. T. Pitcher, of Baltimore,
accompanied by her pretty little
baby daughter, Ethel Louise, is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. j. w. Pitzer.
Miss Kate Church, of Norfolk
Va, is visiting Mrs. A. S. Goulden.
Miss Bertha Bantord, of Hagers
own. is visiting Miss Jennie De-
Grange.
Miss Laura Wayble, and Miss
Kate Kerns, both Of this city, have
returned from a visit to friends in
Maryland,
J. L. Sherman, Of Cape Charles,
Va, has raised $4,000 worth of kale
from fifty acres, or 1929 per acre.
His net profit is Sl2,95O, or $3.50 per
acre.
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Private Sale
OF A VALUABLE AND DESIRABLE
.--FARM. --

eN~SSrt-N9
TINE UNDERSIGNED in behalf of the
heirs OF John C. small, deceased offers
az private sale that valuable farm located on
the Martinsburg and Williamsport pike,
about miles from Martinsburg, consisting
of 1876 acres of valuable farming land, most
ly Limestone, about 25 acres of it good tim
Der. There is on il a comfortable dwelling
house, a Switzer barn, a never failing well,
2 cisterns, Smoke House, Carnage House,
Chicken House and Spring House, also an or
chard of excellent fruit, also II spring on the
the eastern side of the farm and runni1g
water three iourths of the year. About fifty
acres now well set in grass. This, from To-
cation, character o. soil and buildings is one
of the most desirable farms in the ohenan-
doah Valley
TERMS OF SALE.-0ne-third cash, re.
mainder in two equal pa, ments at one and
two years with interest and TO be secured
by lien On u premises.
Call on or address
JOHN NJ SMALL.
Aug 2O@, 1877 Beding to1, Berkeley Co
West Virginia
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Edward Shepherd, of H4rrisb urg, H..
saws: Having received 50 much benefit
from Electric Bitters, ! feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have had q
running sore on my leg tor eight years my
doctors told me would have to have the
bone scraped or leg amputated I used in
stead, three bottles OF Electric Bitters and
seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica SAlve, and my
ep is now sound and well .
Electric Buters are sold at fifty cents a
bottle andBucklen's Aruica Salye at Csc.
per box by e. O. Williams, Jr, Bro.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
London & Paris.

WANTED a RIDE.-As No. 287,
freight engine, followed by o long
freight train, was coming east near
North Mountain, it ran into three
cross-ties, evidently placed on the
track to wreck the first train tcat
passed by. The slow run alone say
ed the train from demolition, and
probably, saved the lives Of the en-
gineer aud fireman. William Rear
don, of Washington, was suspected
of the act, and officer Dan Sloan ar
rested him in the city on tile same
day. He confessed the deed saying,
i'll an unconcerned manner, that he
"wanted a ride to Cumberland A
hearing was given him before Squire
Mckee, who held his appearance in
the sum of $500. Failing to give
hail he now muses. behind the bars
at Hotel DeDumford To say the
least of the affair, the act was a cold
hearted and dangerous, and such an
example should be made of the youth
as will effectually stop future SINH
lar actions by cranks. Had a pas
senger train hit the cross-ties, there
is no telling how serious would have
been the loss of lives and the dam
age to the B. & o. property.
John Trammell, manager at the
Arcade, in this city, will leave about
September LIST for Lincoln, Neb,
where he takes charge of the eating
houses on the b. & M. r. in Nebraska.
He has leased the houses along the
line, and will at once take charge.
John is thoroughly able to assume
such responsibility and competent
enough to fulfill the undertaking. Mr..
Trammell has been in the employ of
MIR. Harvey, of the Santa Fe system of
eating houses for years, five of which
have been spent at the Arcade, most
of the time as manager He is held
in high esteem by Mr. Harvey, who
rates him as the best manager of the
entire system. With the travelling
public he is immensely popular, and
his genial face and courteous demean-
or is always cause of remark of
those who place themselves in the
keeping of the Arcade.-Neeot0n Re
publican (Kas.)
We congratulate our former towns
man upon his we'll earned success
and wish him a paying increase.
RETIRED.-An order has been issu-
ed by the Il. & O. K. r. authorities,
retiring Mr.. VIM. Edwards from his
position of Master Mechanic of the
Martinsburg machine shops, with a
certain per diem for life. Mr.. Ed
wards has occupied this position since
1858, a yeriod of thirty four years,
succeeding Mr. VIM. Denmead. He
has successfully managed the bust
ness, immense at times, with credit
to himself and satisfaction to his EN-
ployers. He can look back with pride
and honor to his years of service and
in his mature life recall with pleasure
aud satisfaction bis lifetime
work. May his mechanism be good
for many, many years of enjoyable
runs without even the necessity of
repairs
EThe Union Gas Company of Lou
isyille has struck a flow Of natural
gas at a depth of 400 feet, twenty
five miles from Louisville, on the
Indiana SIDE Of the Ohio river.
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SEPTEMBER 8. 1887.
THE CLEVELAND AMER.

A great furror has beed raised be,
cause the proprietor of the Wheeling
Register strung banner across the
street with the portrait of Grover
Cleveland on tito force the members
of the Grand Army of the Republic
either to march under or around it.
A great many of them did the latter
and the Register thereupon denounc-
ed them as traitors, and the merits
etc, of the proceeding are being
deliberately discussed by the political
papers. To our mind, the status of
Cleveland and the G, A. r. was
definitely fixed wheu he declined to
20 to st. Louis to the Grand Army
Re'Union. Every old soldier, wheth-
er republican or democrat, recognized
his personal dislike in that and in
his vetoing of pension bills. The
Register people knew this, and the
Haunting of the portrait of Cleveland
in the faces of the veterans, was
nothing more or less than offering the
gauntlet of battle. 1t said, ''honor
this man, with all his dislike of you
--forsakeand forswear your opinions
in Difference to him-pass under the
rod. Poor manned soldiers, of every
shade Of political opinion, they did
no such thing. They marched
around the banner and preserved
their manhood and self-respect.
Cleveland had ordered the Confeder.
ate battle flags, they had captured,
returned to the Confederate States,
when there is not a Confederate State
anywhere, and without the request
of any Confederate soldier, or the
request of the ex-President of the
Confederacy, and therefore they
lowered their tattered battle flags in
passing around the portrait. twas
tit for tat, blow for blow,an nothing
more. Possibly a better action
would have been to suspend por-
trait of Brinksi (Cleveland's substi-
tute, who died pauper though his
principal was president) across the
street, side by side Cleveland, with
the motto "God bless the Soldiers
of the Union" Cleveland and
Brinski, side by side, how would that
have suited you,Mr Register? Out
side of being President, Grover
Cleveland is not whit better than
any other respectable man of this
Union, and the days of caste, toady-
ism and subserviency of opinions
belong to the past. To-day it is
opinion, manliness and perfect free
dom under the law.
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ACCORDING tolatest kilograms the
B. 4 O. Express has been sold to
the United States Express Company
for 50, 100000, of which 81, 100000
was in cash, and 81, 100000 in ex-
press stock.
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Mr.. Joel Bennett, of Hall county,
Ga, who is IA years old, has not gone
to bed in 80 years without a chew Of
tobacco in his mouth.
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Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and her
little daughter Vivian, aged years,
arrived in New York Tuesday from
England on the steamer Elbe.
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ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE.

Having qualified as Administrator of
David HurIer deceased, all persons who
are Indebted to his estate are requested to
make prompt settlement and all persons
having claims agains' the estate, are roti-
fed to present the Sam properly funded
for settlement.
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admir- of David Hunter, decd.
Sept 3rd, lSS7-3t